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TSSSSS GETS LOUIS THEROUX'S SIGN OF APPROVAL

THE TSSSSS (thE TOPLESS SOCIETY OF SOCIOPATHIC SEXUALLY SELACIOS SIRENS) | 12.10.2005 16:25 | Gender | Health | Repression | Oxford

The TSSSSS, The Topless Society of Sociopathic Sexually Selacious Sirens which is a very serious campaign organisation proclaiming the right for women to be topless in everyday situations in the same way that men are able to, we believe in self love, naturalness, topless organic gardening and the power of the breast to bring about radical social change, for the best. Last night in Borders Bookshop, Oxford we received Louis Theroux's seal of approval as he signed out breasts.

We in the TSSSSS want to open a national debate on the way in which breasts are portrayed in British culture, you may think this is a highly trivial matter but our campaign organisation runs deep and it all starts with the breast! We are sick of the disparity between the daily bombardment of silicon breasts in every newsagent across the country, we want to encourage a self acceptance and a love of the human body in all its shape and forms, we enjoy the simple pleasures of topless gardening, with the air circulating around out skin, and we wish to be able to take walks in the countryside topless without the fear of reprimand accusations of being loose women or without being prosecuted for indecent exposure. We believe in the power of naked protest, we want to encourage a natural and healthy self love of the body and a natural sexuality, we support all naturists and naked gardeners out there, we are against violent and abusive images of women, men and children, we believe that our human self destructive nature, our war like tendencies and our abilities destroy the natural environment stem from a sense of self hate and disconnection from our natural state and the nature around us, we see a parallel between the way women and men wage a kind of war on their bodies through plastic surgery and trying to conform to ridiculous limiting stereotypes and the way in which we wage war on the natural environment, we stand for fun, making fools of ourselves and we believe in the power of the breast, we are sick of people telling us it is disgusting to get our tits out in front of the children when it is our very breasts that give life and nurture children, in the future we want it to be perfectly acceptable for local parks and swimming pools and gardens to allow topless women as they do in europe, we have so much more to say and do, join us in our debate and recognise the pure and natural power of the breast over our contorted repressive pornographic and limited ways of seeing that we a currently subjected to. Join the TSSSSSS in our struggle against war and environmental degradation and lets make this world the paradise that it could be! Breast Wishes from the TSSSSSS x

THE TSSSSS (thE TOPLESS SOCIETY OF SOCIOPATHIC SEXUALLY SELACIOS SIRENS)

Comments

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'sgotta be a joke, eh?

12.10.2005 17:00

They're kidding, right?

Observer


you'd think

12.10.2005 18:53

(or hope)

x

zoe


Not sure about the UK, but...

12.10.2005 18:54

In Canada some women ran a similar campaign in the early '90s, and managed to get the law changed so that "jugs out" was legal. If I remember right, the test case was brought about by a woman named Gwen Jacobs.

Haven't watched the vid though, low speed connex here.

sammy


the problem's in the video

12.10.2005 19:33

sammy, thanks for the info about the canadian campaign.
i liked the tssssss manifesto, thought they had some valid points.
then saw the video. two posh giggling girlies disrobing in borders to a bemused theroux and his subsequent autographing of their breasts doesn't quite consitute his approval, and (scuse the phrase) really got on my tits - couldn't take a thing seriously after that.

oh and i believe the spelling the ladies meant to use is 'salacious'.

x

zoe


Photes

12.10.2005 20:34



here are some photes

TSSSS


I don't get it!

13.10.2005 10:13

The Topless Society of Sociopathic Sexually Selacious Sirens? What the fuck does that mean?

Sam Fox


Nah, 'sgotta be a wind-up

13.10.2005 12:59

Don't worry, it can't be for real. Hopefully.

Observer


no

13.10.2005 14:40

The name's a bit silly but the campaign's for real.

.


Not for tittilation

13.10.2005 15:30

Not "giggling girlies", but "tittering totty", surely.

peeping tim


Nice tits...

13.10.2005 22:58

Its always nice to see a pair of tits but please, this is just attention seeking not very well dressed up (ho ho) as making some kind of half arsed political point. 'Approval' wasn't given by Theroux in afct he seemed rather embarassed, nor could that display be described as a 'protest' in any way sense or form, more like something from a Carry On film but without the swanee whistle...

In fact its a bit of an insult to genuine womans struggles against oppresion and for liberation.

But nonetheless a pleasent enough diversion.

Sid James


other ideas?

15.10.2005 19:16


I believe that The Tsssss...does have valid points and I am certain that other suggestions for publicising their campaign would be welcome. How can Zoe tell they're posh? (was it the appalling spelling error? ) you pay all those school fees and really can't guarantee results!
Normalise nakedness has got to be an admirable pursuit.

As for Louis Theroux, he makes his money and reputation through contact with thecurieous and perhaps not quite everyday activies of various folks around the world,

Nowt wrong with having a variety of emotional responses or even having a giggle is there now?

Apolgies in advance for any errors, it is saturday night,!

Ali

Ali
mail e-mail: alim_40@yahoo.co.uk


Oh dear

17.10.2005 07:38

The devil really does make work for idle hands, doesn't he?

Observer


what does that mean+ -reply to Sam Fox

19.10.2005 01:30

sociopathic - no empathy, mad as a hatter
sexually selacious - well, together with sociopathic, it implies some sort of juicy deadened sexuality (oxymoron?)
sirens - what you hear in an emergency.
and this may well be one.

holly halo


further comment

19.10.2005 12:40

right. apologies, last time i commented i was, well, drunk .and with me, drunkenness leads to the immediate assumption that anyone south of manchester is automatically posh. i apologise and stand corrected (and realise that class should be completely unrelated to this anyway)... and i'm a total pedant over spelling.
the main beef i had with this posting is that the video (in my eyes) only served to make me think that it *was* a wind-up.

"we want it to be perfectly acceptable for local parks and swimming pools and gardens to allow topless women as they do in europe"

"we enjoy the simple pleasures of topless gardening, with the air circulating around out skin, and we wish to be able to take walks in the countryside topless without the fear of reprimand accusations of being loose women or without being prosecuted for indecent exposure."

i don't quite see how going topless in borders has anything to do with any of the above points. also, in terms of equality, why didn't they take a bloke with them to get *his* chest signed? (and why do men/boys never seem to want to have that done??)
niggled me slightly that they're campaigning *against* the sensationalization of the breast, yet take an action that takes advantage of said attitudes it (topless borders shocker! can almost see the sun headlines...). Maybe a more appropriate response would be a mass topless gardening session? Converge for a wide scale breastfeeding event in public?

As for ali's point about variety of emotional responses, I'm still trying to work out why I like the rebel clown army, enjoyed jeremy clarkson being pied etc but not this...?

few useful links maybe?
 http://www.tera.ca/ (canadian Topfree Equal Rights Association)

Florida women suing for topfree rights in federal court
 http://www.legalfreedom.com/topfree/

debates amongst topless climbers (!)
 http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=92

health promotion agency - breastfeeding in public
 http://www.healthpromotionagency.org.uk/work/Publicrelations/PressReleases/breastfeedingwelcomehere.htm

errr.. that's my underinformed rant over with.

zoe

x

zoe


Love and kisses to Zoe

08.12.2005 02:12

"i'm a total pedant over spelling."
"that's my underinformed rant over with. " (After listing 4 different websites)

Your'e such an intellectual Zoe.

"and with me, drunkenness leads to the immediate assumption that anyone south of manchester is automatically posh."

Why do I have a niggling suspicion that you a very middle class yourself Zoe?

"As for ali's point about variety of emotional responses, I'm still trying to work out why I like the rebel clown army, enjoyed jeremy clarkson being pied etc but not this...?"

It's because you're a feminist Zoe, and you've also got no sense of humour. If it had been a male streaker at a football match, you would probably think it was hilarious.

The best thing about these two young women is that they have small breasts, which I am a particular fan of. I have downloaded the video for research purposes ;-) and I wish them all the best in their campaign.

xxx

Uncle Joe


TOUCH MY FACE-HOLE

14.01.2006 01:42

I can't help but think that a number of the people who have left comments concerning this video and statement are more concerned with the fact that tits are on display. Why not try to think about what has been said as opposed to just downloading the video of two girls getting their tits out?
Truth be told, I like looking at breasts as much as the next man, but I don't necessarily think they exist purely for our entertainment. As soon as you manage to get your fucking stupid (possibly un-used) brain around this fact, you might begin to realise that the original statement revolved purely around various feminist ideals of equality, but I do agree with what you said concerning the fact that the video is a pointless piece of publicity-hounding garbage. However, if you are going to slag anyone off concerning what appeared in the video/statement/comments why not say something worth-while as opposed to making random class-related jibes to make yourself feel like a fucking better person.

Truth be told, I'm all for tits being out all the time, but not just because I wanna stare at them. At the end of the day, in pre-historic times, we were all fucking naked anyway. Considering the number of obsessions with class and social stand represented in this site I am assuming (correct me if I'm wrong) that there are a lot of men posting comments. In which case, gentlemen, mock these ideals/thoughts/comments only when you are perfectly willing to walk around with your cocks out.

If you genuinely feel the need to make any comments, don't just 'copy and paste' some fucking words that you wanted to mock. Instead, why not use your fucking brain and think of a genuine statement to make concerning what you have read and what you have seen.

To put it as simply as possible, as soon as your mind possesses more maturity than a twelve-year-old boy's ball-sack, return to this site with something worthwhile.

Davis Gloaming (Project 616)


Reply to Davis Gloaming

15.01.2006 23:44

Dear Davis,

If you don't address the people who have posted specifically and quote what you are talking about, then nobody knows what you are on about. I take it that some of your incoherent criticism is directed at me, so I will address what I perceive to be your criticism.

""Considering the number of obsessions with class and social stand represented in this site I am assuming (correct me if I'm wrong) that there are a lot of men posting comments. In which case, gentlemen, mock these ideals/thoughts/comments only when you are perfectly willing to walk around with your cocks out.""

As far as I can see from the comments, the only person to criticise the class of these two young women was zoe. If you forgive me for sounding sarcastic, I think that's a woman's name.

Secondly, most of the negative and mocking comments came from female contributors. No surprises there then, that feminists have no sense of humour.

Why do men need to walk around with their cocks out? Most men would give their left arm to meet pretty young women, or women generally, who want to walk around topless, which is the same right that men have.

""If you genuinely feel the need to make any comments, don't just 'copy and paste' some fucking words that you wanted to mock. Instead, why not use your fucking brain and think of a genuine statement to make concerning what you have read and what you have seen.""

.....Were you pissed when you wrote this!

""To put it as simply as possible, as soon as your mind possesses more maturity than a twelve-year-old boy's ball-sack, return to this site with something worthwhile.""

Well, giggling with your tits out on video is clearly a sign of great maturity, but whatever. I too believe in the great feminist ideal of women being able to walk around topless, especially in front of children.

When I was a twelve year old I would have loved to have had friends of the family, or neighbours, like these two young ladies.....where they were gardening or swimming at the local swimming pool and they would gently and friendly greet me and we could play together and laugh and roll around and.......


Uncle Joe


How So So Sad

30.03.2006 14:07

Brainless Brainwashed Bimbos

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